Pediatric Patient Safety & Clinical Specialist

BJC HealthCare • St. Louis, MO

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About The Position

This role acts as a pediatric expert in patient safety concepts and tools as well as improvement science and facilitation methods. It ensures patients receive safe and high-quality care by engaging with staff and leaders to accomplish systematic quality improvement, patient safety goals, and drive strategic priorities. The Specialist supports, coordinates, and leads initiatives to promote safety, eliminate preventable harm, and continuously evaluate and improve the quality of care delivered utilizing evidence-based improvement science methodology that aligns with pediatric national standards and strategies to prevent harm.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree - Nursing
• <2 years
• No Experience
• Reg Nurse - Board Certified
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Experience in patient safety and/or quality improvement initiatives
• Strong facilitation skills with demonstrated experience leading meetings and reviews
• BJC has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

Nice To Haves

• Masters Degree
• Masters Degree - Nursing
• 2-5 years
• < 2 years
• IHI Basic Cert in Qual & Sfty
• Approachable, supportive leadership style
• Strong collaboration and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Investigates and evaluates events for risk potential, loss minimization, and proper documentation in addition to using risk factors data to develop evidence-based Patient Safety interventions and process improvement strategies.
• Provides consultation and support to teams or departments related to performance improvement initiatives, regulatory compliance and patient safety events.
• Provides facilitation and support to teams and departments related to patient safety events.
• Utilizes evidence-based Quality Improvement methodology and systems thinking to coach and lead teams to implement, evaluate, and improve the quality of care. Provides education offerings on safety principals, quality improvement, error prevention tools, and the Safety Coach Program. Participates in pediatric safety collaboratives and networks including the Child Health Patient Safety Organization (PSO) and Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS).
• Fosters a learning and psychologically safe environment in facilitating debriefs (both proactively and post-safety event - including RCA, ACA, & CCA) to learn and identify processes that are going well, and improvement opportunities related to policies, processes, knowledge, or systems.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level